Originally Posted by
freightretriever
They go down that road and the IPA has lost me forever as well. Lifting the open time ban in combination with a lack of any action against nonunion pilots flying union work while guys are on the street and I believe the bottom 92 + ???? have a strong failure to represent case. Oh, and they want to integrate 170+ nonunion pilots above the furloughed guys. Not suit happy, but I'm sorry sounds like a case for legal action to me. Believe me I hope we as the IPA don't even go down that road. But, when the organization that is supposed to be represent EVERY pilot begins to run over the junior couple hundred guys with multiple buses...........what have you got to lose.
The reality is that once/if UPS gets all the pilots trained on the airplanes where they need them the open time ban will become ineffective. Why, because with what they can build the lines to and the reserves staffed based on the projected need there won't be any open time. AM's numbers that the union published are friendlier than the numbers the company may use. The company maintains they could do it with 500+/- fewer pilots. The union will no doubt continue the opentime/JA position, it just won't matter. As far as the FQS situation the IPA took a vote of the membership before they started the card program so arguing lack of representation might make you feel good its just unlikely to accomplish anythng accept to absorb staff attorneys time. We will do the best to get you back as soon as possible, just remember UPS is the one in control and UPS is laying you off not the IPA.